Nouns
What is a noun?
A name of a person, place, thing, or idea.
Identify the nouns in the sentence. The boy went to the store with his friends.
boy
store
friends
What type of noun is the noun success used in the sentence? Great success comes with hard work.
Abstract noun
What type of pronoun is the pronoun she used in the sentence? Anna can sing and dance. She is very talented
personal pronoun.
What are the nouns in the sentence? The bird flew back to its chicks because they were crying for her.
Bird and chicks.
Give an example of personal pronoun
I, me, my, mine
we, us, our, ours
you, your, yours
he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its
they, them, their, theirs
What type of noun is the noun crowd in the sentence? A large crowd stood on the platform.
collective noun.
What type of pronoun is the pronoun mine used in the sentence? The present I got for Christmas is mine.
Possessive pronoun.
What are all the nouns in the sentence. George Washington was the first president and he signed the Declaration of Independence.
The nouns are:
George Washington
president
Declaration of Independence.
Identify the pronoun in the sentence. Bob went to feed his chickens, but a fox killed two of them.
His, them
Identify the pronoun in the sentence. Bob and George went fishing together but they didn't catch anything.
The pronoun is they.
What type of noun is the noun swarm used in the sentence? Watch for that swarm of bees, they hurt when they sting you.
Collective noun.
Find the pronoun in the sentence and say what kind of pronoun it is. Jim got himself a new model rocket.
The pronoun is himself, and it is a reflexive pronoun.
Name all of the nouns in the sentence. Everyone in the class passed the vocabulary test and the teacher was happy.
The nouns are:
class
test
teacher.
Name the pronouns AND its antecedents. Fred went to buy groceries, and when he got home, he put them away.
Fred is the ANTECEDENT for the pronoun he
groceries is the ANTECEDENT for the pronoun them
Identify the pronouns in the sentence. Fred got his wife a gift for Christmas, and she was happy.
The pronouns are his and she
Define a concrete noun.
A concrete noun has PHYSICAL PROPERTIES that can be identified through one of the five senses (taste, touch, sight, hearing, or smell).
Define an interrogative pronoun.
An interrogative pronoun is a pronoun that is used to ask a question.
They are:
What?
Which?
Who?
Whom?
Whose?
Find all the noun(s) in the sentence and indicate what kind of noun they are.
The plane was traveling to Germany but had to stop and refuel along the way.
Plane is a concrete noun (it has physical properties - taste, touch, smell, hear, sound)
Germany is a Proper noun (it names a specific place and is ALWAYS capitalized)
Name all the nouns and pronouns, Since it is leap year Fred will turn five, he is very happy.
Nouns-leap year, Fred
Pronouns-he
What are all the types of nouns?
common
proper
concrete
abstract
collective
compound
What are all the types of pronouns?
Personal
Demonstrative
Interrogative
Reflexive
Intensive